hoarder
noun/ˈhɔrdər/
Frequency rank: #17,734 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A person who collects and stores large amounts of things, often unnecessarily.
Example sentence
My uncle is known as that hoarder who fills every room with old newspapers and broken appliances.
Synonyms & related words
- collector
- accumulator
- packrat
- saver
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